PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION 



In offering the public an edition of '' How to Know the Wild 

 Flowers," containing colored reproductions from the charming 

 and faithful sketches in water color of Miss Elsie Louise Shaw, 

 we feel sure that we are adding materially to the book's actual 

 value as well as to its attractiveness. 



As color plates replace, in this edition, certain of the black 

 and white illustrations, these, with a few others have been 

 omitted and Miss Satterlee has added a number of new draw- 

 ings. Some of these black and white plates are of flowers not 

 before figured in the book, while others present in fresh forms 

 subjects already illustrated in it. 



Quite a large number of flowers not found in previous edi- 

 tions are now described, and advantage has been taken of the 

 opportunity which the entire resetting of the book afforded for a 

 careful revision of the text. This amplification has seemed ad- 

 visable in view of the fact that, during the five years which have 

 elapsed since the publication of a thoroughly revised edition, 

 the peculiar charm or importance of certain plants has so forced 

 itself upon the author's consciousness, or else been brought to 

 her notice so emphatically by others, as to persuade her that 

 their inclusion would not transgress the restrictions originally 

 laid down in the chapter " How to Use the Book," restrictions 

 which still seem indispensable if the volume is to be kept small 

 enough to be a convenient companion in the woods and fields, 

 and simple enough to appeal to the unbotanical flower lover. 



It is hoped that these additions will meet with the approval 

 of the public, which has already attested so generously its eager- 

 ness to know the wild flowers. 



Albany April 25, 1900. 



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